Clothes-line or wire tightening device



(No Model.)

' G. .TRUELSEN.

CLOTHES LINE OR WIRB TIGHTENING DEVICE. No. 567,367. PatentedSept. 8,1896.

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UNITED *STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

OARSTEN} TRUELsEN OFLOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.

CLOTHES-LINE OR WIRE TIGHTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,367, dated September 8, 1896. Application filed April 21, 1896. Serial N01 588,520. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OARsTEN TRUELSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loup City, in the county of Sherman and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Line or Wire TighteningDevice; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others not skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference v marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that form of clothesline and wire tighteners which can be attached to the line or wire at any point regardless of posts. The line or wire is inserted in the slot of the device and then it is turned with a flat piece of wood or iron inserted between two studs until it is tight, when it will lock itself by the projections on face of wheel hooking over and under the wire.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved tightener. Fig. 2 is an edge View, and Fig. 3 is a face View disconnected from the wire.

Referring to the drawings, A, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, represents the Wheel, to which is attached the spoolB,'Fig. 2. The other end of spool B has a rim G, Fig. 2, which has a slot 0. On the back of wheel A are two studs D D, Fig. 2. On face of wheel A is a rim E, Fig. 1, to which are attached four projections F F F F. Wire is inserted in slot C and the wheel A is turned, when the wire will wind around spool B, Fig. 2. F F F are even with the inside of rim G, Fig. 2, tending to push the wire H outward, causing it to go out of line. When it gets .past the end of points 0 0, Fig. 2, it will spring back and lock itself at points I I, Figs. 1 and 2.

E is a rim on face of wheel A to reduce the The proj ections F,

space between wheel A and rim G, so the wheel will stay in line with the wire on fence and prevent the device from turning edgew1se.

Projections F F F F are slanting on one side, B, so as to cause less friction when the wire is pushed outward. The other side, K, is rounded out, so it will hook over and under the wire without slipping ofi.

Rim G is rounded at points L L, Figs. 2

and 3,'causing the wire, when the device is turned, to move inward on spool B, Fig. 2. The corners between spool B and rim G are rounded out at points M M, Fig. 3, so the wire will not turn a square corner and cause it to break off.

On back of Wheel A are two studs D D a suitable distance apart to insert a flat piece of iron or wood between them to turn the .wheel A by.

Having thus described fully my invention, whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a self-locking independent clothes-line and fence-wire tightener a wheel A having a spool B with a rim G for holding on the wire and a slot 0 to insert wire with points of rim.

G rounded oif at L L causing the wire to A move inward on spool B and the corners rounded out between spool B and rim G at points M, M, so the Wire will not turn a square corner and cause it to break off, the device A having a rim E to hold the device in line with the wire, rim E having projections F, F, F, F, for locking the device at points I, I, causing the strain to be equal on both sides, and to hang with the wire straight through the center wheel A having two studs D, D, for inserting anyflat piece of iron or wood between them to turn the device with all substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

. CARSTEN TRUELSEN. Witnesses;

WILLIAM RETTENMAYER, CHARLES W. CONHISEB. 

